High on the Happy Side explained

High on the Happy Side
Type:studio
Artist:Wet Wet Wet
Cover:High-On-The-Happy-Side.jpg
Released:[1]
Length:45:19
Label:Mercury
Producer:
  • Wet Wet Wet
  • Albhy Galuten (co-producer)
  • Axel Kröll (co-producer)
Prev Year:1990
Next Year:1992

High on the Happy Side is the third studio album by Scottish quartet Wet Wet Wet. The album was released on 27 January 1992 and reached the top of the UK Albums Chart on 8 February. The release of the album was preceded by the singles "Make It Tonight", "Put the Light On" and "Goodnight Girl", and followed by two further singles, "More than Love" and "Lip Service".[2]

High on the Happy Side was released both a single album and as a double album with Cloak & Dagger, a covers album released under the pseudonym Maggie Pie & The Impostors. To accompany the album's release, a video compilation entitled The Story So Far, containing videos for singles from both High on the Happy Side and Holding Back the River, was made available on 24 March 1992.[3]

Cloak & Dagger

Cloak & Dagger
Type:cover
Artist:Wet Wet Wet
Cover:Cloak & Dagger (Wet Wet Wet album) coverart.jpg
Released:27 January 1992
Genre:Pop, pop rock
Label:Mercury Records
Producer:Wet Wet Wet
Prev Title:High on the Happy Side
Prev Year:1992
Next Title:Live at the Royal Albert Hall
Next Year:1993

Cloak & Dagger is a free album of cover versions released with the deluxe edition High on the Happy Side.[4] Included with the deluxe versions of the CD, Cassette & Vinyl pressings of the album, Cloak & Dagger was recorded and released under the pseudonym Maggie Pie & The Impostors, a fake veteran act from Scotland. Notably, the album cover pictures unofficial band member Graeme Duffin on an album cover for the first time, having only previously appeared in group shots featured in the booklet of the band's second studio album, Holding Back the River.

Tracklisting

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. New Releases: Albums. Music Week. 23. 25 January 1992.
  2. Web site: Wet Wet Wet – High on the Happy Side. NZ Charts. 22 February 2019.
  3. Web site: Wet Wet Wet: High on the Happy Side - The Story So Far. Amazon. 22 February 2019.
  4. Web site: Wet Wet Wet / Maggie Pie & The Imposters – High On The Happy Side / Cloak And Dagger. Discogs. 20 November 1992 . 22 February 2019.